Textures, oh my!

Being held up on the couch this week, has started to make me a bit stir crazy.  It always seems that I get sick right about the time that I am feeling extremely motivated to get some work done.  So, I'll just have to postpone cleaning out the office a few more days...darn!!  Instead, I have been playing around with some textures that I recently acquired.  I have not been a big user of textures in the past, but have started to become more intrigued in how they can add to certain images....I like the air of mystery in these below, and think the textures bring out a bit of wonder....my favorite!  

Indianapolis Wedding Blog

So, I've been slacking.  I know it, and I am sorry!  I have come down with the dreaded cold that has been a long time coming.  And, I have decided to open my arms and welcome it, as it has stayed away longer than I thought it would.  So, it's here and I hope it moves along quickly!  I've got babies to photograph this weekend!  

I finished my last big shoot day with Blue Cross Blue Shield this past Monday, and I will have pics to post from that.  Just not yet!  The shoot went incredibly well, and I was very happy with how the images turned out.  This was our 4th day shooting as a team, and we were in such a rhythm!  And, the new camera was incredible!!!

So, now I'm lying on the couch hoping to feel better!  In my couch ridden internet haze, I have just signed up to be a part of the Indianapolis Wedding Blog!  Since WPPI, I have had weddings on my brain, and I can't wait to start getting the word out.  I will be listed as one of their recommended vendors, and will have an ad up for a month that will link directly to my site.  So, check it out!  And, here's the small button ad I came up with...still one of my favorite pics!  

A moment in Vegas...

This WPPI was my first photo convention.  12,000+ photographers and me walking somewhere among them.  I had no idea what to expect!  I had an old friend that would be there for part of the time, and a friend of a friend that I was too meet up with as well.  And, I had high hopes of making some new friends.  So, when Jessica Claire {one of my photo idols} posted on her Shootsac blog that she was looking for volunteers to work in her booth at the tradeshow, I jumped on it!!  I kicked off the tradeshow hanging in the Shootsac booth and passing out awesome Shootsac tote bags to rowdy attendees...we ran out about 3 hours into the show and I quickly became the most disliked person in the room.  However, it was an incredible experience and I got to spend time chatting with Jessica and watching other photogs whose blogs I frequent pass by.  It was like a celebrity photog sighting all weekend long, and I loved it! 

I got home late last night, and am quickly getting back to reality.  I have so many thoughts running around in my brain right now, and have decided I need a few days to process it all.  The speakers had such great messages, the vendors incredible products, and the friends I made all inspiring.  So, for now I will share my Shootsac pics and work my way through the rest...
Jessica Claire and I
Joe jumped in for this one...
The new Hip Slip...perfect for my MacBook and my Shootsac covers work with it!  
Some more of the Hip Slip

Life in Vegas...

I have never spent much time in Vegas.  Only been here once before, and we didn't spend much time on the strip.  Well, this time I have come to be part of WPPI, Wedding and Portrait Photographers International.  The largest conference and trade show in the industry.  I am so excited!  Greg and I flew out on Friday, and made a small vacation out of it.  We spent time with friends, had fantastic dinners, stayed up way too late making friends at the craps table, and won big on a slot machine of all things!  It was a fantastic weekend, and a blast spending it with my hubby.  He returned to normal life in Indy last night, as my conference got under way.  I am so excited!  There are quite possibly 12,000 photographers wondering around the MGM!  For the next 3 days I will have the chance to see some of the photographers I idolize teach, hopefully make new photog friends, and attend the incredible trade show...a chance to see new album companies, be introduced to revolutionary software, and come into contact with all things new in the wedding industry.  I can't wait to see what it is all about, and to incorporate it into my business.  Here are a few fun pics so far...

and, a baby leopard we saw at the Mirage...

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